The house in Copperfield, Texas on Dew Drop Lane that Riff Raff's family owned from the mid-'80s to the mid-'90s.
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The park in the Stone Creek neighborhood, in the Houston suburbs, where Riff Raff frequently played basketball.
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Riff Raff's high school, in Copperfield, Texas
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Riff Raff backstage at the historic Fitzgerald's Music Hall in Houston
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On the red carpet at SXSW 2012
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Riff Raff and rapper Bun B prior to an interview with Vice
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Riff Raff performs at Fitzgerald's Music Hall in Houston
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Riff Raff poses with a fan at SXSW 2012
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Riff Raff performs in Houston with Lil Mario of Swishahouse
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Riff Raff poses with Dante Ross at SXSW 2012
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Riff Raff: Faking It Until He Made It

"Maybe it was initially dress-up, but now the costume is more real than the boy who first donned it. Horst Simco was a quiet, pensive kid who dreamed of rappers' lifestyles. His first tattoos and his initial, trying-too-hard accent weren't supposed to be funny; they were his awkward attempts to join the club. He turned from Horst (the one who played by the rules) into Riff Raff (the disreputable one) because hip-hop was a world where confident, sharp-dressed men were swooned over, where the normal rules of decorum, manners and waiting until the third date didn't apply." All photos by Marco Torres.

"Maybe it was initially dress-up, but now the costume is more real than the boy who first donned it. Horst Simco was a quiet, pensive kid who dreamed of rappers' lifestyles. His first tattoos and his initial, trying-too-hard accent weren't supposed to be funny; they were his awkward attempts to join the club. He turned from Horst (the one who played by the rules) into Riff Raff (the disreputable one) because hip-hop was a world where confident, sharp-dressed men were swooned over, where the normal rules of decorum, manners and waiting until the third date didn't apply." All photos by Marco Torres.